8.4% ▼ -9.9%
Higher than 76% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 9.3%
- 2016: 11.6%
- 2021: 8.4%
Share of occupied private dwellings with no registered motor vehicle.
Nightcliff · State Electorate
Transport & Vehicles in Nightcliff
How households get around — the vehicles they keep and the journey to work.
Few people in Nightcliff work from home compared to other areas, though car travel remains the primary way to get around. While the suburb has a small number of public transport stops, the frequency of services is far above the Northern Territory figure.
Vehicles
Motor vehicles per home, and homes with no car.
About 8.4% of homes have no motor vehicle, which is much higher than most areas. Most households get by with one or two cars, though the share of car-free homes has fallen slightly since 2011.
Motor vehicles per home
View on map →In Nightcliff, the largest group is 1 vehicle at 42%, followed by 2 vehicles (35%) and 3 vehicles (10%).
Getting to work
How people travel to work.
Working from home is rare here, at just 4.7%, which is far below the national figure. Most people drive to work, but 3.8% use public transport, a rate a little above the Northern Territory average.
4.7% ▲ +60.8%
Lower than 92% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 2.9%
- 2016: 2.0%
- 2021: 4.7%
Share of employed people aged 15+ who worked at home on census day.
3.8% ▼ -27.1%
Higher than 70% of state electorate areas.
- 2011: 5.2%
- 2016: 8.8%
- 2021: 3.8%
Share of employed people who got to work by train, bus, ferry or tram/light rail as their only method of travel on census day.
Public transport access
Stops, services, routes and how far you can get by public transport.
Nightcliff has 33 public transport stops, among the smallest number for its level. Despite this, it has 858.4 weekly departures per 1,000 people, which is far above the rest of the Territory.
33
Lower than 95% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled public-transport stops (bus, train, tram and ferry) located in the area, from the state GTFS feeds.
3.77
Lower than 68% of state electorate areas.
Public-transport stops per 1,000 residents — a measure of how densely an area is served (GTFS stops; population from the 2021 Census).
858.4
Lower than 56% of state electorate areas.
Scheduled weekly public-transport departures from stops in the area, per 1,000 residents — how often transit actually runs, not just whether a stop exists (GTFS schedules for a representative week; population from the 2021 Census).
11
Lower than 84% of state electorate areas.
Distinct public-transport routes serving stops in the area (GTFS feeds).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
- Public transport timetables (GTFS) — State & territory transport agencies, 2026 (CC BY 4.0 (WA: custom PTA licence)).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Transport & Vehicles in Nightcliff [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sed/SED70021/nightcliff/topic/transport